Warbirdlover, have you ever used a Barnes TSX or TTSX? I was a big Partition fan until trying the Barnes and now I'm a converted fanatic. I tried them because I shot an elk a little far back with a 180 grain Partition at less than 200 yards using my 300 Winchester Mag, and the bullet did not exit. I tracked that animal for an entire afternoon before finally catching up to it and I came away thinking how much easier it would have been to track it if there would have been two holes instead of only one. Now don’t get me wrong, I am still a fan of the Partition, but the elk I’ve shot using the Barnes bullets have all had 2 holes, and both were much larger around than the original bullet. I’m very impressed by them.